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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali made some contorversial comments about Team India on a television show aired in Pakistan, whose video went viral on social media

Ali tells the anchor of the show that India would purposely lose against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to keep Pakistan out of the semi-finals

He goes further and tells the anchor that in 1992, New Zealand intentionally lost against Pakistan so that they could play in their homeground and tells the anchor to ask Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for reference

The India-Pakistan rivalry still lurks around the corner even though a contest between the two teams has already passed. In an undated video doing the rounds on social media, Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali is seen making some controversial comments. The video appears to be from a TV show aired in Pakistan, where he says that India would intentionally lose to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in order to keep Pakistan out of the semi-finals.

Basit Ali claims that India would do anything to make sure Pakistan does not reach the semi-finals.

"India played against Afghanistan and we all saw how they played. I think they did that intentionally. Against Australia, they played brilliant innings despite knowing that they would face the likes of Warner and Finch. My advice to Pakistan is that they focus on their game against New Zealand", Basit tells the anchor.

Basit Ali reckons India will not want Pakistan to qualify for the semi-finals and may play poorly in their matches against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh 🙄 #CWC19pic.twitter.com/vwg3oFnnpl

He goes on to say that teams have lost intentionally before like how New Zealand lost to Pakistan in 1992 because they wanted to play on their home ground. He further rubbishes the anchor's claim that cricket is an unpredictable game and tells the anchor to ask "Imran saab"(Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan) and that he would too say that New Zealand lost intentionally to Pakistan in 1992.